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Those whipsnakes like to periscope and look around. When I lived in Arizona I occassionally saw one watching the world from a rock pile or some prickly plant. This is my captive Sonoran whipsnake checking things out from behind some bark in her cage. Really amazing animals.

Nice picture! And thanks for your reply below. What are you breeding this year?
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Matt & Nicci Turner
www.selectiveorigins.com
www.bloodpythons.forumotion.com

I bred a lot last year so not much at all this year. Maybe a few ratsnakes but most of the rest of my critters are having a year off.

Any nice, pure Everglades Rats? I'd love to have a pair of those guys. My pinks eating better than ever, so I'm really hopeful for them. I've been acclimating the female for three years and the male for two. They have never met each other, so I'm crossing my fingers.
My Coachwhip experience has been interesting. I've acclimated many wc boas and pythons, rats and kings, but the Coachwhips have been a little tougher. Feeding was never an issue, and they both have taken live and thawed rodents (mice, rats, rabbit fuzzies), and love to get bobwhite quail and chickens, and the occasional random cb baby snake or lizard that died for unknown reasons (waste not, want not). But their nerves have only settled in the past year to the point they will eat in front of me or even directly from my hand. They hated newspaper and a small, dark cage that most other serpents would desire for acclimating. They truly have done best, even as wild caught adults, in individual 6 foot slant front Neodeshas with a hot basking spot and lots of branches, logs, and other complexities.
I just realized I was rambling to perhaps no one that reads here anymore. I'd love to chat about these amazing animals and compare notes with others, so if anyone wants to discuss, I would love to get some conversations going!
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Matt & Nicci Turner
www.selectiveorigins.com
www.bloodpythons.forumotion.com

I gotta hand it to you guy's for keeping Coachwhips. I had one from Florida wild cought on a little Island in the St.Johns River in Jacksonville where we cought HUGE EDB's. It was 108",old as dirt and would break out of snakebags by just ripping its way out!I just gave it the whole snakeroom. We took it back after I freeked out some friends that I told it was a Cobra. I cought a big pink in Arazona on a collecting trip once WOL! what a cool snake. I'm back in the Fl.swamp now so I dont see them anymore.....but I did catch this the other day but it didnt even bite! You guy's rule the KS forum. Their very UNDER RATED,as are you keepers. Vic (old time snake hunter turned to something I can keep up with.)